One of the most anticipated and most watched fixture is set to return again in the T20 world cup taking place in Australia in the month of October, this match up has one of the highest viewership in the world of cricket.
Wherever this match up takes place the stadium is always filled with fans and tickets are sold out within seconds, people are even ready to pay over and above the real price for the ticket just so that they can witness this legendary match up at the stadium.
Standing room only tickets for the eagerly anticipated ICC Men’s T20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan at the MCG on October 23 were made available on Thursday. When they went on sale in February, the general admission tickets for the marquee game were sold out in five minutes. The International Cricket Council announced that over 4000 standing room tickets would be available for 30 Australian dollars and distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.
“The ticket release ensures that as many fans as possible can attend the fixture scheduled to be played on Sunday 23 October. A limited number of packages also remain available for purchase via the ICC Hospitality and ICC Travel & Tours programmes,” said the ICC.
The organisers will be a secondary sale as well for the tickets so that people that missed out could potentially buy tickets this time.
“Fans who miss out on tickets can still book their place to see the world’s best cricketers at other T20 World Cup matches, with kids tickets starting from just $5 and adult tickets from $20,” the ICC said.
“Tickets are also still available to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Final, also being played at the MCG on 13 November.”
The Indians and Pakistanis are excited and ecstatic, the quick ticket sales shows the support and enthusiasm that they possess and how amazing the match would be while watching it live in the stadium filled with passionate fans who will be present to see their favourite players lock heads in this age old rivalry in the world of cricket.
Irrespective of the winner the celebration by the fans all over the globe will be like a festival and India as well as Australia would be completely lit up just as if some festival has taken place, this fixture holds a lot of sentiments of the fans.
